All Souls' Day

feast day in some Christian denominations
Thing memorial Q1033140
All Souls' Day
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All Souls' Day

Summary

All Souls' Day is a memorial[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of memorial entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (875 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • All Souls' Day's instance of is recorded as memorial[3].
  • All Souls' Day's instance of is recorded as Christian holy day[4].
  • All Souls' Day is part of Allhallowtide[5].
  • All Souls' Day is part of liturgical year[6].
  • All Souls' Day's Commons category is recorded as All Souls' Day[7].
  • All Souls' Day's said to be the same as is recorded as Vėlinės[8].
  • All Souls' Day's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as November 2[9].
  • All Souls' Day's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • All Souls' Day's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
  • All Souls' Day's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • All Souls' Day's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[13].
  • All Souls' Day's different from is recorded as Q92912034[14].
  • All Souls' Day's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki Loves Popular Culture Brazil - Traditions, rituals and oral expressions[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include memorial[3] and Christian holy day[4].

Use and Application

Part of include Allhallowtide[5], an annual event[16] and liturgical year[6].

Influence

Things named for All Souls' Day include All Souls College[17], a college of the University of Oxford[18], in United Kingdom[19], founded in 1438[20], headquartered in Oxford[21].

Why It Matters

All Souls' Day ranks in the top 5% of memorial entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (875 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for it include All Souls College[17], a college of the University of Oxford[18], in United Kingdom[19], founded in 1438[20], headquartered in Oxford[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Calendarium Romanum Generale (1969). wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +1
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  2. 7d ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Said to be the same as Vėlinės
    Part of Allhallowtide, liturgical year
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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